Character isEmoji and some others added to java 21
In java 21 we get new API for emojis like below isEmoji(int codePoint) isEmojiComponent(int codePoint) isEmojiModifier(int codePoint) isEmojiModifierBase(int codePoint) isEmojiPresentation(int codePoint) isExtendedPictographic(int codePoint) here is a working example public static void main(String[] args) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F600); // Grinning face sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F601); // Grinning face with big eyes sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F602); // Grinning face with tears sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F923); // Rolling on the floor laughing sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F970); // Smiling face with hearts sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F60D); // Smiling face with heart-eyes sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F929); // Star-struck sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F618); // Face blowing a kiss sb.appendCodePoint(0x1F617); // Kissing face sb.appendCodePoint(0x263A); // Smiling face System.out.println(sb); var codePoint = Character.codePointAt("😃", 0); var isEmoji = Character.isEmoji(codePoint); System.out.println("😃 is an emoji: " + isEmoji); int[] surrogates = { 0xD83D, 0xDC7D }; String alienEmojiString = new String(surrogates, 0, surrogates.length); System.out.println(alienEmojiString); } seeing these emojis in vscode ...